Dendrocometes
Genus of single-celled organisms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dendrocometes is a genus of suctorian infusoria, characterized by the repeatedly branched attached body; each of the lobes of the body gives off a few retractile tentacles. It is epibiotic on the gills of the so-called freshwater shrimp Gammarus pulex.[1]
 | This article is largely based on an article in the out-of-copyright Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, which was produced in 1911. (November 2015) |
| Dendrocometes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Class: | Phyllopharyngea |
| Family: | Dendrocometidae |
| Genus: | Dendrocometes F. Stein |
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